The Caged Chords.
The chords C, A, G, E, and D make up the very foundation of the caged system. Spending time learning these chords is the first step into a system that makes it easy to learn how to play the guitar.
Easier to Understand.
Scales, arpeggios, chords, and progressions can be seen easier on guitar with the caged system.
Through the use of patterns, learning a new chord or lick will be quick and less taxing to understand
The Other Alternative
If you would rather not fall into category of a pattern player, you will need to develop your theory knowledge. This is not bad thing. I spent a long time fresh out of music school trying to forgo tricks and patterns. I felt like it was cheating. On one hand, my theory skills developed quite a bit, but I wanted to be able to improvise better. When I was playing over a diatonic chord progression where I could use one scale the entire time, I was able to come up with come great ideas. When I started playing country, I saw that even in a diatonic I IV V progression, country guitarist that I admire would change to a different key on each chord. At the same time, they wouldn’t just use one scale for each key, but they would use different modes and pentatonic scales. I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t know how my heroes did it. Once I started using the caged system, I felt much more at ease. Now I have an easy way to keep up with my heroes. On top of that, because of my theory knowledge I can analyze what I am learning. If I had my choice, I would have learned the caged system first and then learn the theory.
What’s in the Video
I go over the chords C, A, G, E, and D and some commonly used chord progressions.
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